Senior Industrial Project Manager

Senior Industrial Project Manager

• (194695)

At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world?

Watch Our Story:' https://www.hdrinc.com/our-story'

Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world.

We believe industry drives progress. As part of our Industrial sector, you’ll help shape efficient, advanced infrastructure and environmental stewardship. We partner with clients across industries to responsibly optimize processes, modernize facilities and solve complex challenges.

Our work spans the full project life cycle, from up-front evaluation and planning studies through design and into construction monitoring and operations. You can help clients push boundaries and meet evolving industrial demands while supporting resilient infrastructure and responsible growth. This isn’t just a job, it’s a chance to engineer smarter solutions, drive industrial innovation and make a lasting impact.

HDR is looking for a seller-doer Senior Industrial Project Manager to join our Atlanta team. This individual must have significant experience supporting Industrial sector clients and projects.

Primary responsibilities may vary slightly based on the candidate but will generally include establishing and strengthening relationships with Industrial clients, winning and successfully executing engineering / consulting / other projects for Industrial clients, and supporting the recruiting, supervising, mentoring, and sustainable growth team of Industrial-focused engineers and designers.

Other responsibilities include serving as an active member of relevant local organizations, presenting at industry events, collaboratively developing proposals, leading project teams to successful completion of the work, monitoring and communicating the status of their projects with HDR operations leadership, and networking internal to HDR to identify and on board the right multi-disciplinary local and remote team members to support your pursuits and projects.

This role requires significant client interaction (from pre-positioning for the work through project completion) and strong verbal and written communication skills as needed for regular interaction with internal staff such as project team members, marketing staff, and operations leadership.

The ideal candidate will have strong relationships and significant experience winning and executing projects for industrial clients within the manufacturing, oil and gas, chemical, or food & beverage markets.

Ideal project experience may include natural gas storage/compression/distribution/metering/regulation, chemical production-related projects, part/equipment manufacturing-related projects, water treatment / wastewater treatment, and similar. We'll also count on you to:

• Direct and coordinate work of single or multidiscipline teams throughout the project’s lifecycle (from development & initiation to close-out).
• Be responsible for all aspects of large multidiscipline projects or medium-sized projects with high degree of technical complexity, involving a large project staff.
• Produce and coordinate several projects concurrently.
• Establish and maintain client relations, and be involved with marketing, contractual, design and production meetings.
• Conduct work sessions for deliverable development in conjunction with other staff and stakeholders
• Coordinate staffing and workload through entire project life cycle, and ensure completion of deliverables on schedule.
• Track financial aspects of projects, and coordinate and adjust work effort with team to ensure that work is completed within parameters of agreed-to budget and schedule.
• Work with the Accounting, Operational and Business leadership for periodic project reviews.
• Supervise large project staffs and act as mentor for less-experienced Project Managers.
• Lead to the team to successfully meet all contractual scope, schedule, and fee commitments as needed to earn repeat business from clients.
• Ensure high-quality services and deliverables are provided, per HDR’s quality guidelines.
• Establish and develop client relationships, and be involved with marketing, proposal development, contract development and adherence, engineering design and production meetings
• Participate in review meetings with project owners and/or applicable regulatory authorities.
• Collaborate with staff supervisors and section managers to get staff assigned to projects, provide feedback on staff development, and maintain alignment on the forecasted workload and schedule.
• Work with operations leadership including Business Group Managers, Accounting Managers, and Area Manager for internal project updates and reviews.
• Engage with relevant industry organizations and present at meetings and conferences.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

• Significant experience providing engineering services in one of the following markets: oil and gas, manufacturing, chemical production, or food & beverage.
• Basic understanding of Google Earth, ESRI ArcGIS, Autodesk AutoCAD, and Bentley MicroStation
• 10 years industrial project management experience
• LI-SM1

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering
• 10 years related experience
• A minimum 5 years project management experience
• Requires professional engineering license recognized by the licensing board for the location of the position offered. Example: Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng) license.
• MS Office and MS Project experience (Access experience would be plus)
• Demonstrated leadership, business development and strategic planning skills
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must

What We Believe

HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.

Our Commitment

As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day.

Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.

Primary Location

United States-Georgia-Atlanta

Industry

Industrial

Schedule

Full-time

Employee Status

Regular

BusinessClass

Industrial Services

Job Posting

Jul 24, 2026